The mystery of the three Magi

   In Spain, the celebration of Magi, the (Three) Wise Men, (Three) Kings, or Kings from the East, is more popular than Christmas concerning the gifts for children.

    On 5 January every year, the evening before Twelfth Night begins the Magi parade (Cabalgata de los

Reyes Magos.) Children should go to bed earlier in order to receive the gifts requested in letters to the three wise men. In Spain and other Hispanic countries the Magi (the three Kings) are more known and loved by children than Santa Claus. Celebrated on January 6, Epiphany (from greek epiphaneia, means ”manifestation”, ”striking appearance”), is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not solely) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate thebaptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God..On January 6, the spaniards eat a traditional cake, decorated symbolically called "roscon". It is not known exactly who were the three wise men whom The Gospel According to St. Matthew mentions, but we know with certainty that they were wise pagans who followed a star that led them to Bethlehem. In the third century, the three wise men became kings in European traditions, in the sixth century already had names: Bithisarea, and Gathaspa Melichior and XIV century. The Armenian tradition identifies them: Baltazar, king of Arabia, Melchior, King of Persia, and Gaspar, King of India. Their story, including their lives before traveling to Israel and after worship the Child Jesus, the history of their relics found in the Cathedral Cologne in Cologne, Germany, was written by the monk Johannes of Hildesheim, in the German city Hildesheim, in his masterpiece "Historia Trium Regum" from 1364.